SOURCE: "Women Writers and the Chains of Identification," in Studies in the Novel, Vol. 19, No. 3, Fall, 1987, pp. 245-62.
In the essay below, Backscheider examines ways in which women novelists responded to popular conceptions about their sex, some choosing to rebel against the demand for well-mannered, sentimental works, others choosing to meet common expectations in return for sales and approval.
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